Kolkata rape and murder: 19 arrested for involvement in mob violence vandalism

Kolkata: A total of 19 people have been arrested by the Kolkata Police in connection with the ransacking of the emergency department of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here.

According to a statement released by the city police on Friday, of the 19 arrested people, five have been identified through social media feedback.

In the statement, the city police have also requested the public to update police on other suspects behind the vandalism whose photos were released by Kolkata Police on Thursday.

“19 arrests so far in RG Kar hospital vandalism. Five of them were identified by social media feedback. If you recognise any of the suspects from our earlier posts, kindly inform us. Thank you for your support & trust,” the statement by the city police read.

With the statement, the police have also released the photographs of the five individuals whose arrests were made on the basis of feedback from social media.

Some unidentified miscreants entered the premises of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after midnight on Thursday and vandalised hybrid critical care unit (HCCU), critical care unit (CCU), the ticket counter of the emergency department and a medicine storeroom. Sources said that following the vandalism at the medicine storeroom, life-saving medicines worth a few lakhs of rupees were damaged. Even the CCTV camera installed there was also destroyed.

A 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty last week. The semi-naked body of the 32-year-old woman was found on August 9 morning in the seminar hall of the hospital. The police have arrested a civic volunteer in connection with the crime. The case was later transferred to the CBI on Calcutta High Court’s orders.